The Book of Jasher Part 01 (Creation to Abraham) | Full Audiobook with Read-Along Text

the book of jasher read by christopher glenn this is the book of the generations of man whom god created upon the earth on the day when the lord god made heaven and earth joshua chapter 1 and god said let us make man in our image after our likeness and god created man in his own image and god formed man from the ground and he blew into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul endowed with speech and the lord said it is not good for man to be alone i will make unto him a helpmate and the lord caused a deep sleep to fall upon adam and he slapped and he took away one of his ribs and he built flesh upon it and formed it and brought it to adam and adam awoke from his sleep behold a woman was standing before him and he said this is a bone of my bones and it shall be called woman for this has been taken from man and adam called her name eve for she was the mother of all living and god blessed them and called their names adam and eve in the day that he created them and the lord god said be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and the lord god took adam and his wife and he placed them in the garden of eden to dress it and to keep it and he commanded them and said unto them from every tree of the garden you may eat but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die and when god had blessed and commanded them he went from them and adam and his wife dwelt in the garden according to the command which the lord had commanded them and the serpent which god had created with them in the earth came to them to incite them to transgress the command of god which he had commanded them and the serpent enticed and persuaded the woman to eat from the tree of knowledge and the woman hearkened to the voice of the serpent and she transgressed the word of god and took from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and she ate and she took from it and gave also to her husband and he ate and adam and his wife transgressed the command of god which he commanded them and god knew it and his anger was kindled against them and he cursed them and the lord god drove them that day from the garden of eden to till the ground from which they were taken and they went and dwelt at the east of the garden of eden and adam knew his wife eve and she bought two sons and three daughters and she called the name of the firstborn cain saying i have obtained a man from the lord and the name of the other she called abel for she said in vanity we came into the earth and in vanity we shall be taken from it and the boys grew up and their father gave them a possession in the land and cain was a tiller of the ground and abel a keeper of sheep and it was at the expiration of a few years that they brought an approximating offering to the lord and cain brought from the fruit of the ground and abel brought from the first slings of his flock from the fat thereof and god turned and inclined to abel and his offering and a fire came down from the lord from heaven and consumed it and unto cain and his offering the lord did not turn and he did not incline to it for he had brought from the inferior fruit of the ground before the lord and cain was jealous against his brother abel on account of this and he sought a pretext to slay him and in some time after cain and abel his brother went one day into the field to do their work and they were both in the field kane tilling and plowing his ground and abel feeding his flock and the flock passed that part which cain had plowed in the ground and it sorely grieved cain on this account and cain approached his brother abel in anger and he said unto him what is there between me and thee the thou comers to dwell and bring thy flock to feed in my land and abel answered his brother cain and said unto him what is there between me and thee that thou shalt eat the flesh of my flock and clothe thyself with their will and now therefore put off the wool of my sheep with which thou has clothed thyself and recompense me for their fruit and flesh which thou has eaten and when thou shalt have done this i will then go from thy land as thou has said and cain said to his brother abel surely if i slay thee this day who will require thy blood from me and abel answered cain saying surely god who has made us in the earth he will avenge my cause and he will require my blood from thee should style slay me for the lord is the judge and arbiter and it is he who will requite man according to his evil and the wicked man according to the wickedness that he may do upon earth and now if thou should slay me here surely god knoweth thy secret views and will judge thee for the evil which doubt is declared to do unto me this day and when cain heard the words which abel his brother had spoken behold the anger of cain was kindled against his brother abel for declaring this thing and cain hastened and rose up and took the iron part of his plowing instrument with which he suddenly smoked his brother and he slew him and cain spilt the blood of his brother abel upon the earth and the blood of abel streamed upon the earth before the flock after this cain repented having slain his brother and he was sadly grieved and he wept over him and it vexed him exceedingly and cain rose up and dug a hole in the field wherein he put his brother's body and he turned the dust over it and the lord knew what cain had done to his brother and the lord appeared to cain and said unto him where is abel thy brother that was with thee and cain dissembled and said i do not know am i my brother's keeper and the lord said unto him what hast thou done the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground where thou hast slain him for thou has slain thy brother and has dissembled before me and it's imagined in thy heart that i saw thee not nor knew all thy actions but thou didst this thing and it slay thy brother for naught and because he spoke rightly to thee and now therefore cursed be thou from the ground which opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand and wherein thou didst bury him and it shall be when thou shalt till it it shall no more give thee its strength as in the beginning for thorns and thistles shall the ground produce and thou shalt be moving and wandering in the earth until the day of thy death and at that time cain went out from the presence of the lord from the place where he was and he went moving and wandering in the land toward the east of eden he and all belonging to him and cain knew his wife in those days and she conceived and bear a son and he called his name enoch saying in that time the lord began to give him rest and quiet in the earth and at that time cain also began to build a city and he built the city and he called the name of the city enoch according to the name of his son for in those days the lord had given him rest upon the earth and he did not move about and wander as in the beginning and irat was born to enoch and iran begat mikuyel and makuyel bhagat methusel jasher chapter 2 and it was in the 130th year of the life of adam upon the earth that he again knew eve his wife and she conceived and bear a son in his likeness and in his image and she called his name seth saying because god has appointed me another seed in the place of abel for cain has slain him and seth lived 105 years and he begat his son and seth called the name of his son enosh saying because in that time the sons of men began to multiply and to afflict their souls and hearts by transgressing and rebelling against god and it was in the days of enoch that the sons of men continued to rebel and transgress against god to increase the anger of the lord against the sons of men and the sons of men went and they served other gods and they forgot the lord who had created them in the earth and in those days the sons of men made images of brass and iron wood and stone and they bowed down and served them and every man made his god and they bowed down to them when the sons of men forsook the lord all the days of enoch and his children and the anger of the lord was kindled on account of their works and abominations which they did in the earth and the lord caused the waters of the river gehan to overwhelm them and he destroyed and consumed them and he destroyed the third part of the earth and notwithstanding this the sons of men did not turn from their evil ways and their hands were yet extended to do evil in the sight of the lord and in those days there was neither sowing nor weeping in the earth and there was no food for the sons of men and famine was very great in those days and the seed which they sowed in those days in the ground became thorns thistles and briars for from the days of adam was this declaration concerning the earth of the curse of god which he cursed the earth on account of the sin which adam sinned before the lord and it was when men continued to rebel and transgress against god and to corrupt their ways that the earth also became corrupt and enoch lived 90 years and he begat kainen and kainen grew up and he was 40 years old and he became wise and had knowledge and skill in all wisdom and he reigned over all the sons of men and he led the sons of men to wisdom and knowledge for cainan was a very wise man and had understanding in all wisdom and with his wisdom he ruled over spirits and demons and cainan knew by his wisdom that god would destroy the sons of men for having sinned upon earth and that the lord would in the latter days bring upon them the waters of the flood and in those days cainan wrote upon tablets of stone what was to take place in time to come and he put them in his treasures and cainan reigned over the whole earth and he turned some of the sons of men to the service of god and when kainen was 17 years old he begat three sons and two daughters and these are the names of the children of cainan the name of the firstborn mahal the second inan the third marad and their sisters were ada and zilla these are the five children of cainan that were born to him and laimek the son of methuselah became related to cai island by marriage and he took his two daughters for his wives and ada conceived and bear a son to lamech and she called his name jabel and she again conceived and bear a son and called his name jubal and zilla her sister was barren in those days and had no offspring for in those days the sons of men began to trespass against god and to transgress the commandments which he had commanded to adam to be fruitful and multiply in the earth and some of the sons of men caused their wives to drink a draft that would render them barren in order that they might retain their figures and whereby their beautiful appearance might not fade when the sons of men caused some of their wives to drink zilla drank with them and the child-bearing women appeared abominable in the sight of their husbands as widows whilst their husbands lived for to the barren ones only they were attached in the end of days and years when zilla became old the lord opened her womb and she conceived and bear a son and she called his name tubal cain saying after i had withered away have i obtained him from the almighty god and she conceived again and bear a daughter and she called her name neymar for she said after i had withered away have i obtained pleasure and delight and lamech was old and advanced in years and his eyes were dim that he could not see and tubal came his son was leading him and it was one day that lamech went into the field and tubal kane his son was with him and whilst they were walking in the field cain the son of adam advanced towards them fellaimic was very old and could not see much and tubal kane his son was very young and tubal kane told his father to draw his bow and with the arrows he smote cain who was yet to far off and he slew him for he appeared to them to be an animal and the arrows entered cain's body although he was distant from them and he fell to the ground and died and the lord requited cain's evil according to his wickedness which he had done to his brother abel according to the word of the lord which he had spoken and it came to pass when cain had died that lamech and tubal went to see the animal which they had slain and they saw and behold cain their grandfather was fallen dead upon the earth and lamech was very much grieved at having done this and in clapping his hands together he struck his son and caused his death and the wives of lamech heard what lamech had done and they sought to kill him and the wise of lamech hated him from that day because he slew cain and tubal kane and the wives of lamech separated from him and would not hearken to him in those days and lamech came to his wives and he pressed them to listen to him about this matter and he said to his wives ada and zilla hear my voice o wives of lamech attend to my words for now you have imagined and said that i slew a man with my wounds and a child with my stripes for having done no violence but surely know that i am old and grey-headed that my eyes are heavy through age and i did this thing unknowingly and the wives of lamech listened to him in this matter and they returned to him with the advice of their father adam but they bore no children to him from that time knowing that god's anger was increasing in those days against the sons of men to destroy them with the waters of the flood for their evil doings and mahalil the son of cainen lived 65 years and he begat jared and jared lived 62 years and he begat enoch jasher chapter 3 and enoch lived 65 years and he begat methuselah and enoch walked with god after having begot methuselah and he served the lord and despised the evil ways of man and the soul of enoch was wrapped up in the instruction of the lord in knowledge and in understanding and he wisely retired from the sons of men and secreted himself from them for many days and it was at the expiration of many years whilst he was serving the lord and praying before him in his house that an angel of the lord called to him from heaven and he said here am i and he said rise go forth from thy house and from the place without its tied thyself and appear to the sons of men in order that thou mayest teach them the way in which they should go and the work which they must accomplish to enter in the ways of god an enoch rose up according to the word of the lord and went forth from his house from his place and from the chamber in which he was concealed and he went to the sons of men and taught them the ways of the lord and at that time assembled the sons of men and acquainted them with the instruction of the lord and he ordered it to be proclaimed in all places where the sons of men dwelt saying where is the man who wishes to know the ways of the lord and good works let him come to enoch and all the sons of men then assembled to him all who desired this thing went to enoch an enoch reigned over the sons of men according to the word of the lord and they came and bowed to him and they heard his word and the spirit of god was upon enoch and he taught all his men the wisdom of god and his ways and the sons of men served the lord all the days of enoch and they came to hear his wisdom and all the kings of the sons of men both first and last together with their princes and judges came to enoch when they heard of his wisdom and they bowed down to him and they also required of enoch to reign over them to which he consented and they assembled in all 130 kings and princes and they made enoch king over them and they were all under his power and command and enoch taught them wisdom knowledge and the ways of the lord and he made peace amongst them and peace was throughout the earth during the life of enoch an enoch reigned over the sons of men 240 years and he did justice and righteousness with all his people and he led them in the ways of the lord and these are the generations of enoch methuselah elisha and elimelech three sons and their sisters were melka and neymar and methuselah lived 87 years and he begat lamech and it was in the 56th year of the life of lamech when adam died 930 years old was he at his death and his two sons with enoch and methuselah his son buried him with great pomp as at the burial of kings in the cave which god had told him and in that place all the sons of men made a great morning and weeping on the count of adam it has therefore become accustomed among the sons of men to this day and adam died because he ate of the tree of knowledge he and his children after him as the lord god had spoken and it was in the year of adam's death which was the 243rd year of the reign of enoch in that time enoch resolved to separate himself from the sons of men and to secret himself as at first in order to serve the lord and enoch did so but he did not entirely secrete himself from them but kept away from the sons of men three days and then went to them for one day and during the three days that he was in his chamber he prayed to and praised the lord his god and the day on which he went and appeared to his subjects he taught them the ways of the lord and all they asked him about the lord he told them and he did in this manner for many years and he afterward concealed himself for six days and appeared to his people one day in seven and after that once in a month and then once in a year until all the kings princes and sons of men sought for him and desired again to see the face of enoch and to hear his word but they could not as all the sons of men were greatly afraid of enoch and they feared to approach him on account of the god-like oar that was seated upon his countenance therefore no man could look at him fearing he might be punished and die and all the kings and princes resolved to assemble the sons of men and to come to enoch thinking that they might all speak to him at the time when he should come forth amongst them and they did so and the day came when enoch went forth and they all assembled and came to him and enoch spoke to them the words of the lord and he taught them wisdom and knowledge and they bowed down before him and they said may the king live may the king live and in some time after when the kings and princes and the sons of men were speaking to enoch and enoch was teaching them the ways of god behold an angel of the lord then called unto enoch from heaven and wished to bring him up to heaven to make him reign there over the sons of god as he had reigned over the sons of men upon earth when at that time enoch heard this he went and assembled all the inhabitants of the earth and taught them wisdom and knowledge and gave them divine instructions and he said to them i have been required to ascend into heaven i therefore do not know the day of my going and now therefore i will teach you wisdom and knowledge and will give you instruction before i leave you how to act upon earth whereby you may live and he did so and he taught them wisdom and knowledge and gave them instruction and he reproved them and he placed before them statutes and judgments to do upon earth and he made peace amongst them and he taught them everlasting life and dwelt with them some time teaching them all these things and at that time the sons of men were with enoch and enoch was speaking to them and they lifted up their eyes and the likeness of a great horse descended from heaven and the horse paced in the air and they told enoch what they had seen and enoch said to them on my account does this horse descend upon earth the time is come when i must go from you and i shall no more be seen by you and the horse descended at that time and stood before enoch and all the sons of men that were with enoch saw him and enoch then again ordered a voice to be proclaimed saying where is the man who delighteth to know the ways of the lord his god let him come this day to enoch before he is taken from us and all the sons of men assembled and came to enoch that day and all the kings of the earth with their princes and counselors remained with him that day and enoch then taught the sons of men wisdom and knowledge and gave them divine instruction and he made them serve the lord and walk in his ways all the days of their lives and he continued to make peace amongst them and it was after this that he rose up and rode upon the horse and he went forth and all the sons of men went after him about eight hundred thousand men and they went with him one day's journey and the second day he said to them return home to your tents why will you go perhaps you may die and some of them went from him and those that remained went with him six days journey and enoch said to them every day return to your chance lest you may die but they were not willing to return and they went with him and on the sixth day some of the men remained and clung to him and they said to him we will go with thee to the place without goest as the lord liveth death only shall separate us and they urged so much to go with him that he ceased speaking to them and they went after him and would not return when the kings returned they caused a census to be taken in order to know the number of remaining men that went with enoch and it was upon the seventh day that enoch ascended into heaven in a whirlwind with horses and chariots of fire and on the eighth day all the kings that had been with enoch sent to bring back the number of men that were with enoch in that place from which he ascended into heaven and all those kings went to the place and they found the earth there filled with snow and upon the snow were large stones of snow and one said to the other come let us break through the snow and see perhaps the men that remained with enoch are dead and are now under the stones of snow and they searched but could not find him for he had ascended into heaven jasher chapter 4 and all the days that enoch lived upon earth were 365 years and when enoch had ascended into heaven all the kings of the earth rose and took methuselah his son and anointed him and they caused him to reign over them in the place of his father and methuselah acted uprightly in the sight of god as his father had taught him and he likewise during the whole of his life taught the sons of men wisdom knowledge and the fear of god and he did not turn from the good way either to the right or to the left but in the latter days of methuselah the sons of men turned from the lord they corrupted the earth they robbed and plundered each other and they rebelled against god and they transgressed and they corrupted their ways and would not hearken to the voice of methuselah but rebelled against him and the lord was exceedingly wrath against them and the lord continued to destroy the seed in those days so that there was neither sowing nor reaping in the earth for when they sowed the ground in order that they might obtain food for their support behold thorns and thistles were produced which they did not sow and still the sons of men did not turn from their evil ways and their hands were still extended to do evil in the sight of god and they provoked the lord with their evil ways and the lord was very wroth and repented that he had made man and he thought to destroy and annihilate them and he did so in those days when lamech the son of methuselah was 160 years old seth the son of adam died and all the days that seth lived were 912 years and he died and lamech was 180 years old when he took ashmore the daughter of elisha the son of enoch his uncle and she conceived and at that time the sons of men sowed the ground and a little food was produced yet the sons of men did not turn from their evil ways and they trespass and rebelled against god and the wife of lamech conceived and bare him a son at that time at the revolution of the year and methuselah called his name noah saying the earth was in his days at rest and free from corruption and lamech his father called his name manikam saying this one shall comfort us in our works and miserable toil in the earth which god had cursed and the child grew up and was weaned and he went in the ways of his father methuselah perfect and upright with god and all the sons of men departed from the ways of the lord in those days as they multiplied upon the face of the earth with sons and daughters and they taught one another their evil practices and they continued sinning against the lord and every man made unto himself a god and they robbed and plundered every man his neighbor as well as his relative and they corrupted the earth and the earth was filled with violence and their judges and rulers went to the daughters of men and took their wives by force from their husbands according to their choice and the sons of men in those days took from the cattle of the earth the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air and taught the mixture of animals of one species with the other in order therewith to provoke the lord and god saw the whole earth and it was corrupt for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon earth all men and all animals and the lord said i will blot out man that i created from the face of the earth yea from man to the birds of the air together with cattle and beasts that are in the field for i repent that i made them and all men who walked in the ways of the lord died in those days before the lord brought the evil upon man which he had declared for this was from the lord that they should not see the evil which the lord spoke of concerning the sons of man and noah found grace in the sight of the lord and the lord chose him and his children to raise up seed from them upon the face of the whole earth jasher chapter 5 and it was in the 84th year of the life of noah that enoch the son of seth died he was 905 years old at his death and in the 179th year of the life of noah kainen the son of enosh died and all the days of kainen were 910 years and he died and in the 234th year of the life of noah mahalalel the son of kainan died and the days of mahalalel were 895 years and he died and jared the son of mahalalel died in those days in the 336 year of the life of noah and all the days of jared were 962 years and he died and all who followed the lord died in those days before they saw the evil which god declared to do upon earth and after the lapse of many years in the 480th year of the life of noah when all those men who followed the lord had died away from amongst the sons of men only methuselah was then left god said unto noah and methuselah saying speak ye and proclaim to the sons of men saying thus saith the lord return from your evil ways and forsake your works and the lord will repent of the evil that he declared to do to you so that it shall not come to pass for thus saith the lord behold i give you a period of 120 years if you will turn to me and forsake your evil ways then will i also turn away from the evil which i told you and it shall not exist saith the lord noah and methuselah spoke all the words of the lord to the sons of men day after day constantly speaking to them but the sons of men would not hearken to them nor incline their ears to their words and they were stiff-necked and the lord granted them a period of 120 years saying if they will return then will god repent of the evil so as not to destroy the earth noah the son of lamech refrained from taking a wife in those days to beget children for he said surely now god will destroy the earth wherefore then shall i beget children and noah was a just man he was perfect in his generation and the lord chose him to raise up seed from his seed upon the face of the earth and the lord said unto noah take unto thee a wife and beget children for i have seen thee righteous before me in this generation and thou shalt raise up seed and thy children with thee in the midst of the earth and noah went and took a wife and he chose neymar the daughter of enoch and she was 580 years old and noah was 498 years old when he took neymar for a wife and neymar conceived and bear a son and he called his name japeth saying god has enlarged me in the earth and she conceived again and bear a son and he called his name shem saying god has made me a remnant to raise up seed in the midst of the earth and noah was 502 years old when neymar bear shem and the boys grew up and went in the ways of the lord in all that methuselah and noah their father taught them and laimak the father of noah died in those days yet verily he did not go with all his heart in the ways of his father and he died in the 195th year of the life of noah and all the days of lamech was 770 years and he died and all the sons of men who knew the lord died in that year before the lord brought evil upon them for the lord willed them to die so as not to behold the evil that god would bring upon their brothers and relatives as he had so declared to do in that time the lord said to noah and methuselah stand forth and proclaim to the sons of men all the words that i spoke to you in those days parent venture they may turn from their evil ways and i will then repent of the evil and will not bring it and noah and methuselah stood forth and said in the ears of the sons of men all that god had spoken concerning them but the sons of men would not hearken neither would they incline their ears to all their declarations and it was after this that the lord said to noah the end of all flesh is come before me on account of their evil deeds and behold i will destroy the earth and do thou take unto thee gopher wood and go to a certain place and make a large ark and place it in that spot and thus shalt thou make it 300 cubits its length 50 cubits broad and 30 cubits high and thou shall make unto the adore open at its side and to a cubit shalt thou finish above and cover it within and without with pitch and behold i will bring the flood of waters upon the earth and all flesh be destroyed from under the heavens all that is upon earth shall perish and thou and thy household shall go and gather two couple of all living things male and female and shall bring them to the ark to raise up seed from them upon the earth and gather unto the all food that is eaten by all the animals that there may be food for thee and for them and thou shalt choose for thy sons three maidens from the daughters of men and they shall be wives to thy sons and noah rose up and he made the ark in the place where god had commanded him and noah did as god had ordered him in his 595th year noah commenced to make the ark and he made the ark in five years as the lord had commanded then noah took the three daughters of eliakim son of methuselah for wives for his sons as the lord had commanded noah and it was at that time methuselah the son of enoch died 960 years old was he at his death jasher chapter 6 at that time after the death of methuselah the lord said to noah go thou with thy household into the ark behold i will gather to thee all the animals of the earth the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air and they shall all come and surround the ah and thou shalt go and seek thyself by the doors of the ark and all the beasts the animals and the fowls shall assemble and place themselves before thee and such of them as shall come and crouch before thee shalt thou take and deliver into the hands of thy sons who shall bring them to the ark and all that will stand before thee thou shalt leave and the lord brought this about on the next day and animals beasts and fowls came in great multitudes and surrounded the ark and noah went and seated himself by the door of the ark and of all flesh that crouched before him he brought into the ark and all that stood before him he left upon earth and a lioness came with her two whelps male and female and the three crouched before noah and the two whelps rose up against the lioness and smote her and made her flee from her place and she went away and they returned to their places and crouched upon the earth before noah and the lioness ran away and stood in the place of the lions and noah saw this and wondered greatly and he rose and took the two whelps and brought them into the ark and noah brought into the ark from all living creatures that were upon earth so that there was none left but which noah brought into the ark two and two came to noah into the ark but from the clean animals and clean fowls he brought seven couples as god had commanded him and all the animals and beasts and fowls were still there and they surrounded the ark at every place and the rain had not descended till seven days after and on that day the lord caused the whole earth to shake and the sun darkened and the foundations of the world raged and the whole earth was moved violently and the lightning flashed and the thunder roared and all the fountains in the earth were broken up such as was not known to the inhabitants before and god did this mighty act in order to terrify the sons of men that there might be no more evil upon earth and still the sons of men would not return from their evil ways and they increased the anger of the lord at that time and did not even direct their hearts to all this and at the end of seven days in the 600th year of the life of noah the waters of the flood were upon the earth and all the fountains of the deep were broken up and the windows of heaven were opened and the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights and noah and his household and all the living creatures that were with him came into the ark on account of the waters of the flood and the lord shut him in and all the sons of men that were left upon the earth became exhausted through evil on account of the rain for the waters were coming more violently upon the earth and the animals and beasts were still surrounding the ark and the sons of men assembled together about seven hundred thousand men and women and they came unto noah to the ark and they called to noah saying open for us that we may come to the in the ark and wherefore shall we die and noah with a loud voice answered them from the ark saying have you not all rebelled against the lord and said that he does not exist and therefore the lord brought upon you this evil to destroy and cut you off from the face of the earth is not this the thing that i spoke to you of 120 years back and you would not hearken to the voice of the lord and now do you desire to live upon earth and they said to noah we are ready to return to the lord only open for us that we may live and not die and noah answered them saying behold now that you see the trouble of your souls you wish to return to the lord why did you not return during those hundred and twenty years which the lord granted you as the determined period but now you come and tell me this on account of the troubles of your souls now also the lord will not listen to you neither will he give ear to you on this day so that you will not now succeed in your wishes and the sons of men approached in order to break into the ark to come in on account of the rain for they could not bear the rain upon them and the lord sent all the beasts and animals that stood round the ark and the beasts overpowered them and drove them from that place and every man went his way and they again scattered themselves upon the face of the earth and the rain was still descending upon the earth and it descended forty days and forty nights and the waters prevailed greatly upon the earth and all flesh that was upon the earth or in the waters died whether men animals beasts creeping things or birds of the air and there only remained noah and those that were with him in the ark and the waters prevailed and they greatly increased upon the earth and they lifted up the ark and it was raised from the earth and the ark floated upon the face of the waters and it was tossed upon the waters so that all the living creatures within were turned about like pottage in a cauldron and great anxiety seized all the living creatures that were in the earth and the ark was like to be broken and all the living creatures that were in the ark were terrified and the lions roared and the oxen load and the wolves howled and every living creature in the ark spoke and lamented in its own language so that their voices reached to a great distance and noah and his sons cried and wept in their troubles they were greatly afraid that they had reached the gates of death and noah prayed unto the lord and cried unto him on account of this and he said oh lord help us for we have no strength to bear this evil that has encompassed us for the waves of the waters have surrounded us mischievous torrents have terrified us the snares of death have come before us answer us o lord answer us light up thy countenance toward us and be gracious to us redeem us and deliver us and the lord hearkened to the voice of noah and the lord remembered him and a wind passed over the earth and the waters were still and the ark rested and the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped and the rain from heaven was restrained and the waters decreased in those days and the ark rested upon the mountains of ararat and noah then opened the windows of the ark and noah still called out to the lord at that time and he said o lord who didst form the earth and the heavens and all that are in therein bring forth our souls from this confinement and from the prison wherein thou hast placed us for i am much wearied with sighing and the lord hearkened to the voice of noah and said to him when thou shalt have completed a full year thou shalt then go forth and at the revolution of the year when a full year was completed to noah's dwelling in the ark the waters were dried from off the earth and noah put off the covering of the ark at that time on the 27th day of the second month the earth was dry but noah and his sons and those that were with him did not go out from the ark until the lord told them and the day came that the lord told them to go out and they all went out from the ark and they went and returned everyone to his way and to his place and noah and his sons dwelt in the land that god had told them and they served the lord all their days and the lord blessed noah and his sons on their going out from the ark and he said to them be fruitful fill all the earth become strong and increase abundantly in the earth and multiply therein jasher chapter 7 and these are the names of the sons of noah japeth ham and shem and children were born to them after the flood for they had taken wives before the flood these are the sons of jabeth gomer magog maidai javan tubal meshech and tyrus seven sons and the sons of gomer were askanas ripath and tagama and the sons of magog were lycanaph and lubal and the children of maidai were acon zilo and lot and the sons of javan were elisha kashish kittim and dedonim and the sons of tubal were orifie kised and tiarai and the sons of meshech were didon zeron and shabashnai and the sons of tyrus were bina gira liparion and geilag these are the sons of japheth according to their families and their numbers in those days were about 460 men and these are the sons of ham kash mitzrayim fat and canaan four sons and the sons of kash were siba havilah septa ryama and saticha and the sons of rayama were sheba and deedan and the sons of mizriam were lude anam and pathros casloth and kaftour and the sons of fat were gible hayden bina and aiden and the sons of kanan were zaiden heth amurai gurgashai haivai aki sinai hirodai zamadai and kamothai these are the sons of ham according to their families and their numbers in those days were about seven hundred and thirty men and these are the sons of shem elam asher apocsad lud and aram five sons and the sons of elam were shushan makel and harman and the sons of aisha were myrus and mokul and the sons of arpakshad were shelac ena and ashkal and the sons of lude were pithor and bision and the sons of aram were uz kul gaither and mash these are the sons of shem according to their families and their numbers in those days were about 300 men these are the generations of shem shem begat our pakshad and a pak shad bhagat sheelac and she like beget iba and tiba were born two children the name of one was pilag for in his days the sons of men were divided and in the latter days the earth was divided and the name of the second was yoktan meaning that in his days the lives of the sons of men were diminished and lessened and these are the sons of yoktan al-modad sheila kezamaveth iraq haderum ozil daikler obel abimael sheba ophir havala and jobab all these are the sons of yoktan and peleg his brother begat yen and yen begat zerug and zerug begat nehor and nehor bhagat tira and tira was 38 years old and he began harren and nehor and kash the son of ham the son of noah took a wife in those days in his old age and she bear a son and they called his name nimrod saying at that time the sons of men again began to rebel and transgress against god and the child grew up and his father loved him exceedingly for he was the son of his old age and the garments of skin which god made for adam and his wife when they went out of the garden were given to cush for after the death of adam and his wife the garments were given to enoch the son of jared and when enoch was taken up to god he gave them to methuselah his son and at the death of methuselah noah took them and brought them to the ark and they were with him until he went out of the ark and in their going out ham stole those garments from noah his father and he took them and hid them from his brothers and when ham begat his firstborn kash he gave him the garments in secret and they were with kash many days and kash also concealed them from his sons and brothers and when kash had begotten nimrod he gave him those garments through his love for him and nimrod grew up and when he was 20 years old he put on those garments and nimrod became strong when he put on the garments and god gave him might and strength and he was a mighty hunter in the earth yea he was a mighty hunter in the field and he hunted the animals and he built altars and he offered upon them the animals before the lord and nimrod strengthened himself and he rose up from amongst his brethren and he fought the battles of his brethren against all their enemies round about and the lord delivered all the enemies of his brethren in his hands and god prospered him from time to time in his battles and he reigned upon earth therefore it became current in those days when a man ushered forth those that he had trained up for battle he would say to them like god did to nimrod who was a mighty hunter in the earth and who succeeded in the battles that prevailed against his brethren that he delivered them from the hands of their enemies so may god strengthen us and deliver us this day and when nimrod was 40 years old at that time there was a war between his brethren and the children of jabeth so that they were in the power of their enemies and nimrod went forth at that time and he assembled all the sons of khush and their families about 460 men and he hired also from some of his friends and acquaintances about 80 men and he gave them their hire and he went with them to battle and when he was on the road nimrod strengthened the hearts of the people that went with him and he said to them do not fear neither be alarmed for all our enemies will be delivered into our hands and you may do with them as you please and all the men that went out were about 500 and they fought against their enemies and they destroyed them and subdued them and nimrod placed standing offices over them in their respective places and he took some of their children as security and they were all servants to nimrod and to his brethren and nimrod and all the people that were with him turned homeward and when nimrod had joyfully returned from battle after having conquered his enemies all his brethren together with those who knew him before assembled to make him king over them and they placed the regal crown upon his head and he sat over his subjects and people princes judges and rulers as is the custom amongst kings and he placed tira the son of nehor the prince of his host and he dignified him and elevated him above all his princes and whilst he was reigning according to his heart's desire after having conquered all his enemies around he advised his counselors to build a city for his palace and they did so and they found a large valley opposite to the east and they built him a large and extensive city and nimrod called the name of the city that he built china for the lord had vehemently shaken his enemies and destroyed them and nimrod dwelt in china and he reigned securely and he fought with his enemies and he subdued them and he prospered in all his battles and his kingdom became very great and all nations and tongues heard of his fame and they gathered themselves to him and they bowed down to the earth and they brought him offerings and he became their lord and king and they all dwelt with him in the city at china and nimrod reigned in the earth over all the sons of noah and they were all under his power and council and all the earth was of one tongue and words of union but nimrod did not go in the ways of the lord and he was more wicked than all the men that were before him from the days of the flood until those days and he made gods of wood and stone and he bowed down to them and he rebelled against the lord and taught all his subjects in the people of the earth his wicked ways and mardon his son was more wicked than his father and everyone that heard of the acts of martin the son of nimrod would say concerning him from the wicked goeth forth wickedness therefore it became a proverb in the whole earth saying from the wicked goeth forth wickedness and it was current in the words of men from that time to this and terah the son of nehor prince of nimrod's host was in those days very great in the sight of the king and his subjects and the kings and princes loved him and they elevated him very high and tyra took her wife and her name was amthalo the daughter of cornerbow and the wife of terah conceive and bear him a son in those days terah was 70 years old when he begat him and tyra called the name of his son that was born to him abram because the king had raised him in those days and dignified him above all his princes that were with him jasher chapter 8 and it was in the night that abram was born that all the servants of tyra and all the wise men of nimrod and his conjurers came and ate and drank in the house of tyra and they rejoiced with him on that night and when all the wise men and contras went out from the house of tyra they lifted up their eyes toward heaven that night to look at the stars and they saw and behold one very large star came from the east and ran in the heavens and he swallowed up the four stars from the four sides of the heavens and all the wise men of the king and his conjurers were astonished at the sight and the sages understood this matter and they knew its import and they said to each other this only betokens the child that has been born to tyra this night who will grow up and be fruitful and multiply and possess all the earth he and his children forever and he and his seed will slay great kings and inherit their lands and the wise men and conjurers went home that night and in the morning all these wise men and conjurers rose up early and assembled in an appointed house and they spoke and said to each other behold the sight that we saw last night is hidden from the king it has not been made known to him and should this thing get known to the king in the latter days he will say to us why have you concealed this matter from me and then we shall all suffer death therefore now let us go and tell the king the sight which we saw and the interpretation thereof and we shall then remain clear and they did so and they all went to the king and bowed down to him to the ground and they said may the king live may the king live we heard that a son was born to tyra the son of nehor the prince of thy host and we yesterday came to his house and we ate and drank and rejoiced with him that night and when thy servants went out from the house of tyra to go to our respective homes to abide there for the night we lifted up our eyes to heaven and we saw a great star coming from the east and the same star ran with great speed and swallowed up four great stars from the four sides of the heavens and thy servants were astonished at the sight which we saw and were greatly terrified and we made our judgment upon the site and knew by our wisdom and proper interpretation thereof that this thing applies to the child that is born to terah who will grow up and multiply greatly and become powerful and kill all the kings of the earth and inherit all their lands he and his seed forever and now our lord and king behold we have truly acquainted thee with what we have seen concerning this child if it seemed good to the king to give his father value for this child we will slay him before he shall grow up and increase in the land and his evil increase against us that we and our children perish through his evil and the king heard their words and they seemed good in his sight and he sent and called for terah terah came before the king and the king said to terah i have been told that a son was yester night born to thee and after this manner was observed in the heavens at his birth and now therefore give me the child that we may slay him before his evil springs up against us and i will give thee for his value thy house full of silver and gold and tyra answered the king and said to him my lord and king i have heard thy words and thy servant shall do all that is king desireth but my lord and king i will tell you what happened to me yesterday that i may see what advice the king will give his servant and then i will answer the king upon what he has just spoken and the king said speak and terah said to the king aeon son of morad came to me yesterday saying give unto me the great and beautiful horse that the king gave thee and i will give thee silver and gold and straw and provender for its value and i said to him wait till i see the king concerning thy words and behold whatever the king saith that will i do and now my lord and king behold i have made this thing known to thee and the advice which my king will give unto his servant that will i follow and the king heard the words of tira and his anger was kindled and he considered him in the light of a fool and the king answered terah and he said to him are thou so silly ignorant or deficient in understanding to do this thing to give thy beautiful horse for silver and gold or even for straw and provender are thou so short of silver and gold that thou shouldst do this thing because thou canst not obtain straw and provider to feed thy horse and what is silver and gold to thee or straw and provender that thou should give away that fine horse which i gave thee like which there is none to be had on the whole earth and the king left off speaking and tyra answered the king and said like unto this has the king spoken to his servant i beseeched him my lord and king what is this which thou did say unto me saying give thy son that we may slay him and i will give thee silver and gold for his value what shall i do with silver and gold after the death of my son who shall inherit me surely then at my death the silver and gold will return to my king who gave it and when the king heard the words of terah and the parable which he brought concerning the king it grieved him greatly and he was vexed at this thing and his anger burned within him and tyra saw that the anger of the king was kindled against him and he answered the king saying all that i have is in the king's power whatever the king deserves to do to his servant that let him do yea even my son he is in the king's power without value in exchange he and his two brothers that are older than he and the king said to tyra no but i will purchase thy younger son for a price and tyra answered the king saying i beseeched him my lord and king to let thy servant speak a word before thee and let the king hear the word of his servant and terah said let my king give me three days time till i consider this matter within myself and consult with my family concerning the words of my king and he pressed the king greatly to agree to this and the king hearkened to tyra and he did so and he gave him three days time and tira went out from the king's presence and he came home to his family and spoke to them all the words of the king and the people were greatly afraid and it was on the third day that the king sent to terah saying send me thy son for a price as i spoke to thee and should thou not do this i will send and slay all thou hast in thy house so thou shalt not even have a dog remaining and tyra hastened as the thing was urgent from the king and he took a child from one of his servants which his hand made had borne to him that day and tyra brought the child to the king and received value for him and the lord was with tyra in this matter that nimrod might not cause abram's death and the king took the child from tyra and with all his might dashed his head to the ground for he had thought it had been abram and this was concealed from him from that day and it was forgotten by the king as it was the will of providence not to suffer abram's death and tyra took abram his son secretly together with his mother and nurse and he concealed them in a cave and he brought them their provisions monthly and the lord was with abram in the cave and he grew up and abram was in the cave ten years and the kings and his princes soothsayers and sages thought that the king had killed apram jasher chapter 9 and haron the son of tyra apram's oldest brother took a wife in those days harren was 39 years old when he took her and the wife of haran conceived and bear a son and he called his name lord and she conceived again and bear a daughter and she called her name milker and she again conceived and bear daughter and she called her name saraya haran was 42 years old when he begat saraya which was in the tenth year of the life of abram and in those days abram and his mother and nurse went out from the cave as the king and his subjects had forgotten the affair of abraham and when abram came out from the cave he went to noah and his son shem and he remained with them to learn the instruction of the lord and his ways and no man knew where abram was and abram served noah and shem his son for a long time and abram was in noah's house 39 years and abram knew the lord from three years old and he went in the ways of the lord until the day of his death as noah and his son shem had taught him and all the sons of the earth in those days greatly transgressed against the lord and they rebelled against him and they served other gods and they forgot the lord who had created them in the earth and the inhabitants of the earth made unto themselves at that time every man his god gods of wood and stone which could neither speak hear nor deliver and the sons of men served them and they became their gods and the king and all his servants and terah with all his household were then the first of those that served gods of wood and stone antera had twelve gods of large size made of wood and stone after the twelve months of the year and he served each one monthly and every month tera would bring his meat offering and drink offering to his gods thus did terah all the days and all that generation were wicked in the sight of the lord and they thus made every man his god but they forsook the lord who had created them and there was not a man found in those days in the whole earth who knew the lord for they served each man his own god except noah and his household and all those who were under his counsel knew the lord in those days and abram the son of terah was waxing great in those days in the house of noah and no man knew it and the lord was with him and the lord gave abram an understanding heart and he knew all the works of that generation were vain and that all their gods were vain and were of no avail nabram saw the sun shining upon the earth and abram said unto himself surely now this sun that shines upon the earth is god and him will i serve and abram served the son in that day and he prayed to him and when evening came the sun set as usual and abram said within himself surely this cannot be god and abram still continued to speak within himself who is he who made the heavens and the earth who created upon earth where is he a knight darkened over him and he lifted up his eyes toward the west north south and east and he saw that the sun had vanished from the earth and the day became dark and abram saw the stars and moon before him and he said surely this is the god who created the whole earth as well as man and behold these his servants are gods around him and abram served the moon and prayed to it all that night and in the morning when it was light and the sun shone upon the earth as usual abram saw all the things that the lord god had made upon earth and abram said unto himself surely these are not gods that made the earth and all mankind but these are the servants of god and abram remained in the house of noah and there knew the lord and his ways and he served the lord all the days of his life and all that generation forgot the lord and served other gods of wood and stone and rebelled all their days and king nimrod reigned securely and all the earth was under his control and all the earth was of one tongue and words of union and all the princes of nimrod and his great men took council together fudd mitzrium kush and kanan with their families and they said to each other come let us build ourselves a city and in it a strong tower and its top reaching heaven and we will make ourselves famed so that we may reign upon the whole world in order that the evil of our enemies may cease from us that we may reign mightily over them and that we may not become scattered over the earth on account of their wars and they all went before the king and told the king these words and the king agreed with them in this affair and he did so and all the families assembled consisting of about six hundred thousand men and they went to seek an extensive piece of ground to build the city and the tower and they sought in the whole earth and they found none like one valley at the east end of china about two days walk and they journeyed there and they dwelt there and they began to make bricks and burn fires to build the city and the tower that they had imagined to complete and the building of the tower was unto them a transgression and a sin and when they began to build it and whilst they were building against the lord god of heaven they imagined in their hearts to war against him and to ascend into heaven and all these people and all the families divided themselves in three parts the first said we will ascend into heaven and fight against him the second said we will ascend to heaven and place our own gods there and serve them and the third part said we will ascend to heaven and smite him with bows and spears and god knew all their works and all their evil thoughts and he saw the city and the tower which they were building and when they were building they built themselves a great city and a very high and strong tower and on account of its height the mortar and bricks did not reach the builders in their ascent to it until those who went up had completed a full year and after that they reached to the builders and gave them the mortar and the bricks thus was it done daily and behold these ascended and others descended the whole day and if a brick should fall from their hands and get broken they would all weep over it and if a man fell and died none of them would look at him and the lord knew their thoughts and it came to pass when they were building they cast the arrows toward the heavens and all the arrows fell upon them filled with blood and when they saw them they said to each other surely we have slain all those that are in heaven for this was from the lord in order to cause them to air and in order to destroy them from off the face of the ground and they built the tower and the city and they did this thing daily until many days and years were elapsed and god said to the seventy angels who stood foremost before him to those who were near to him saying come let us descend and confuse their tongues that one man shall not understand the language of his neighbor and they did so unto them and from that day following they forgot each man his neighbor's tongue and they could not understand to speak in one tongue and when the builder took from the hands of his neighbor lime or stone which he did not order the builder would cast it away and throw it upon his neighbor that he would die and they did so many days and they killed many of them in this manner and the lord smote the three divisions that were there and he punished them according to their works and designs those who said we will ascend to heaven and serve our gods became like apes and elephants and those who said we will smite the heaven with arrows the lord killed them one man through the hand of his neighbor and the third division of those who said we will ascend to heaven and fight against him the lord scattered them throughout the earth and those who were left amongst them when they knew and understood the evil which was coming upon them they forsook the building and they also became scattered upon the face of the whole earth and they ceased building the city and the tower therefore he called that place babel for there the lord confounded the language of the whole earth behold was at the east of the land of china and as to the tower which the sons of men built the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up one third part thereof and of fire also descended from heaven and burned another third and the other third is left to this day and it is of that part which was aloft and its circumference is three days walk and many of the sons of men died in that tower a people without number jasher chapter 10 and peleg the son of eva died in those days in the 48th year of the life of abram son of tirah and all the days of penleg were 239 years and when the lord had scattered the sons of men on account of their sin at the tower behold they spread forth into many divisions and all the sons of men were dispersed into the four corners of the earth and all the families became each according to its language its land or its city and the sons of men built many cities according to their families in all the places where they went and throughout the earth where the lord had scattered them and some of them built cities in places from which they were afterward extirpated and they called these cities after their own names or the names of their children or after their particular occurrences and the sons of japheth the son of noah went and built themselves cities in the places where they were scattered and they called all their cities after their names and the sons of japheth were divided upon the face of the earth into many divisions and languages these are the sons of jameth according to their families gomer magog medai javan tubal meshech and tyrus these are the children of japeth according to their generations and the children of gomer according to their cities were the frankum who dwelt in the land of franza by the river franza by the river cena and the children of rifath are the bartonem who dwell in the land of bartonia by the river leader which empties its waters into the great sea gihon that is oceanus and the children of togama are ten families and these are their names bazaar pazanuk balka elikonum ragbib tarkai bid zebug uncle and tilmaz all these spread and rested in the north and built themselves cities and they called their cities after their own names those are they who abide by the river's hithler and italic unto this day but the families of angelai balgar and parsenac they dwell by the great river dubney and the names of their cities are also according to their own names and the children of javan are the javanese who dwelled in the land of macdonia and the children of may diary are the oralem that dwell in the land of kirsten and the children of tubal are those that dwell in the land of tuskena by the river pashaya and the children of meshech are the shabashni and the children of tyrus are rushash kashnai and ongalis all these went and built themselves cities those are the cities that are situated by the sea jaipurs by the river cura which empties itself in the river tragen and the children of elisha are the aluminum and they also went and built themselves the cities those are the cities situated between the mountains of job and shabbath and of them were the people of lambadi who dwell opposite the mountains of job and shabatma and they conquered the land of italia and remained there unto this day and the children of kitchen are the romim who dwell in the valley of canopia by the river hebrew and the children of dudonim are those who dwell in the cities of the sea gihon in the land of bordner these are the families of the children of japeth according to their cities and languages when they were scattered after the tower and they call their cities after their names and occurrences and these are the names of all their cities according to their families which they built in those days after the tower and the children of ham were kash mitsurim according to their generation and cities all these went and built themselves cities as they found fit places for them and they called their cities after the names of their fathers kash mitsurim fut and canaan and the children of mitsurim are the ludim anamim lehibim naftakim patrusim kaslikim and kaftarim seven families all these dwell by the river scihor that is the brook of egypt and they built themselves cities and called them after their own names and the children of pathros and caslock intermarried together and from them went forth the pelishtim the azithim and the ghirarim and the gythim and the acronym in all five families these also built themselves cities and they call their cities after the names of their fathers unto this day and the children of canaan also built themselves cities and they called their cities after their names eleven cities and others without number and four men from the family of ham went to the land of the plain these are the names of the four men sodom gomorrah atma and zaboyam and these men built themselves four cities in the land of the plain and they called the names of their cities after their own names and they and their children and all belonging to them dwelt in those cities and they were fruitful and multiplied greatly and dwelt peaceably and sayer the son of her son of hive son of canaan went and found a valley opposite to mount paran and he built a city there and he and his seven sons and his household dwelt there and he called the city which he had built seiya according to his name that is the land of saiya unto this day these are the families of the children of ham according to their languages and cities when they were scattered to their countries after the tower and some of the children of shem son of noah father of the children of eber also went and built themselves cities in the places wherein they were scattered and they called their cities after their names and the sons of shem were ilam asher aparkshad lud and aram and they went and built themselves cities and called the names of all their cities after their names and ashur son of shem and his children and household went forth at that time a very large body of them and they went to a distant land that they found and they met with a very extensive valley in the land that they went to and they built themselves four cities and they called them after their own names and occurrences and these are the names of the cities which the children of asher built nineveh risen calac and rio botha and the children of asher dwell there unto this day and the children of aram also went and built themselves a city and they called the name of the city us after their eldest brother and they dwelt therein that is the land of us to this day and in the second year after the tower a man from the house of asher whose name was bela went from the land of nineveh to sijon with his household wherever he could find a place and they came until opposite the cities of the plain against sodom and they dwelt there and the man rose up and built there a small city and called its name bela after his name that is the land of zoar unto this day and these are the families of the children of shem according to their language and cities after they were scattered upon the earth after the tower and every kingdom city and family of the families of the children of noah built themselves many cities after this and they established governments in all their cities in order to be regulated by their orders so did all the families of the children of noah forever jasher chapter 11 and nimrod son of kash was still in the land of china and he reigned over it and dwelt there and he built cities in the land of china and these are the names of the four cities which he built and he called their names after the occurrences that happened to them in the building of the tower and he called the first babel saying because the lord there confounded the language of the whole earth and the name of the second he called iraq because from there god dispersed them and the third he called iked saying there was a great battle in that place and the fourth he called khalna because his princes and mighty men were consumed there and they vexed the lord they rebelled and transgressed against them and when nimrod had built these cities in the land of china he placed in them the remainder of his people his princes and his mighty men that were left in his kingdom and nimrod dwelt in babel and he there renewed his reign over the rest of his subjects and he reigned securely and the subjects and princes of nimrod called his name amraphel saying that at the tower his princes and men fell through his means and notwithstanding this nimrod did not return to the lord and he continued in wickedness and teaching wickedness to the sons of men and marred on his son was worse than his father and continued to add to the abominations of his father and he caused the sons of men to sin therefore it is said from the wicked goeth forth wickedness at that time there was war between the families of the children of ham as they were dwelling in the cities which they had built and kedalayama king of elam went away from the families of the children of ham and he fought with them and he subdued them and he went to the five cities of the plain and he fought against them and he subdued them and they were under his control and they served him 12 years and they gave him a yearly tax at that time died nehor son of searag in the 49th year of the life of abram son of terah and in the 50th year of the life of abram son of terah abram came forth from the house of noah and went to his father's house and abram knew the lord and he went in his ways and instructions and the lord his god was with him and tira his father was in those days still captain of the host of king nimrod and he still followed strange gods and abram came to his father's house and saw 12 gods standing there in their temples and the anger of abram was kindled when he saw these images in his father's house and abram said as the lord liveth these images shall not remain in my father's house so shall the lord who created me do unto me if in three days time i do not break them all and abram went from them and his anger burned within him and abram hastened and went from the chamber to his father's outer court and he found his father sitting in the court and all his servants with him and abram came and sat before him but abram asked his father saying father tell me where is god who created heaven and earth and all the sons of men upon earth and who created thee and me and tyra answered his son abram and said behold those who created us are all with us in the house and abram said to his father my lord show them to me i pray thee and hera brought abram into the chamber of the inner court and abram saw and behold the whole room was full of gods of wood and stone twelve great images and others less than they without number and terah said to his son behold these are they which made all that thousand upon earth and which created me and thee and all mankind and tyra bowed down to his gods and he then went away from them and abram his son went away with him and when abraham had gone from them he went to his mother and sat before her and he said to his mother behold my father has shown me those who made heaven and earth and all the sons of men now therefore hasten and fetch a kid from the flock and make of its savory meat that i may bring it to my father's gods as an offering for them to eat perhaps i may thereby become acceptable to them and his mother did so and she fetched the kid and made savoury meat thereof and brought it to abram and abram took the savory meat from his mother and brought it before his father's gods and he drew nigh to them that they might eat and tira his father did not know of it and abram saw on the day when he was sitting amongst them that they had no voice no hearing no motion and not one of them could stretch forth his hand to eat and abraham mocked them and said surely the savory meat that i prepare does not please them or perhaps it was too little for them and for that reason they would not eat therefore tomorrow i will prepare fresh savory meat better and more plentiful than this in order that i may see the result and it was on the next day that abram directed his mother concerning the savory meat and his mother rose and fetched three fine kids from the flock and she made of them some excellent savory meat such as her son was fond of and she gave it to her son abram and terah his father did not know of it and abram took the savory meat from his mother and brought it before his father's gods into the chamber and he came nigh unto them that they might eat and he placed it before them and abram sat before them all day thinking perhaps they might eat and abram viewed them and behold they had neither voice nor hearing nor did one of them stretch forth his hand to the meat to eat and in the evening of that day in that house apram was clothed with the spirit of god and he called out and said woe unto my father and this wicked generation whose hearts are all inclined to vanity who serve these idols of wood and stone which can neither eat smell hear nor speak who have mouths without speech eyes without sight ears without hearing hands without feeling and legs which cannot move like them are those that made them and trust in them and when abram saw all these things his anger was kindled against his father and he hastened and took a hatchet in his hand and came unto the chamber of the gods and he broke all his father's gods and when he done breaking the images he placed the hatchet in the hand of the great god which was there before them and he went out his father came home for he had heard at the door the sound of the striking of the hatchet so teera came into the house to know what this was about antera having heard the noise of the hatchet in the room of images ran to the room to the images and he met abram going out and tira entered the room and found all the idols falling down and broken and the hatchet in the hand of the largest which was not broken and the savory meat which abram his son had made was still before them and when tyra saw this his anger was greatly kindled and he hastened and went from the room to abram and he found abram his son still sitting in the house and he said to him what is this work thou has done to my gods and abram answered tira his father and he said not so my lord for i brought savory meat before them and when i came nigh to them with the meat that they might eat they all at once stretch forth their hands to eat before the great one had put forth his hand to eat and the large one saw their works that they did before him and his anger was violently kindled against them and he went and took the hatchet that was in the house and came to them and broke them all and behold the hatchet is yet in his hand as thou seest and tyra's anger was kindled against his son abram when he spoke this and tyra said to abraham his son in his anger what is this tale that thou has told thou speakers lies to me is there in these gods spirit soul or power to do all thou has told me are they not wood and stone and have i not myself made them and can't stop speak such lies saying that the large god that was with them smote them it is thou that it's placed the hatchet in his hands and then sayest he smote them all and abram answered his father and said to him and how can thou then serve these idols in whom there is no power to do anything can those idols in which thou trustest deliver thee can they hear thy prayers when thou callest upon them can they deliver thee from the hands of thy enemies or will they fight thy battles for thee against thy enemies that thou should serve wood and stone which can neither speak nor hear and surely it is not good for thee nor for the sons of men that are connected with thee to do these things are you so silly so foolish or so short of understanding that you will serve wood and stone and do after this manner and forget the lord god who made heaven and earth and who created you in the earth and thereby bring a great evil upon your souls in this matter by serving stone and wood did not our fathers in days of old sin in this matter and the lord god of the universe brought the waters of the flood upon them and destroyed the whole earth and how can you continue to do this and serve gods of wood and stone who cannot hear or speak or deliver you from oppression thereby bringing down the anger of the god of the universe upon you now therefore my father refrain from this and bring not evil upon thy soul and the souls of thy household and abram hastened and sprang from before his father and took the hatchet from his father's largest idol with which abram broke it and ran away and tyra seeing all that abram had done hastened to go from his house and he went to the king and he came before nimrod and stood before him and he bowed down to the king and the king said what does thou want and he said i beseeched you my lord to hear me now fifty years back a child was born to me and thus has he done to my gods and thus has he spoken and now therefore my lord and king send for him that he may come before thee and judge him according to the law that we may be delivered from his evil and the king sent three men of his servants and they went and brought abram before the king and nimrod and all his princes and servants were that day sitting before him and tira sat also before them and the king said to abram what is this that thou has done to thy father and to his gods and abram answered the king in the words that he spoke to his father and he said the large god that was with them in the house did to them what thou has heard and the king said to abram had they power to speak and eat and do as thou has said and abram answered the king saying and if there be no power in them why does thou serve them and cause the sons of men to air through thy follies dost thou imagine that they can deliver thee or do anything small or great that thou should serve them and why wilt thou not sense the god of the whole universe who created thee and in whose power it is to kill and keep alive o foolish simple and ignorant king woe unto thee forever i thought thou would teach thy servants the upright way but thou has not done this but has filled the whole earth with thy sins and the sins of thy people who have followed thy ways dost thou not know or hast thou not heard that this evil which thou doest our ancestors sinned therein in days of old and the eternal god brought the waters of the flood upon them and destroyed them all and also destroyed the whole earth on their account and wilt thou and thy people rise up now and do like unto this work in order to bring down the anger of the lord god of the universe and to bring evil upon thee and the whole earth now therefore put away this evil deed which thou doest and serve the god of the universe as thy soul is in his hands and then it will be well with thee and if thy wicked heart will not hearken to my words to cause thee to forsake thy evil ways and to serve the eternal god then wilt thou die in shame in the latter days thou thy people and all who are connected with thee hearing thy words or walking in thy evil ways and when abram had ceased speaking before the king and princes abram lifted up his eyes to the heavens and he said the lord seeth all the wicked and he will judge them [Music] you

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Published: Tue Jan 19 2021